Re: EWI amp rack takes a beating
He's finally found something even MORE "retro" than the GK 800RBs he used forever?
In my personal experience no one except Jaco Pastorius ever got a nicely defined sound out of the 360 but in their heyday nothing else that size could move as much low frequency air. Lee Michaels used to put a mic in the bottom of his offstage Leslie and run it into four 360s, the bass pedals on that B3 could be heard in the next county.
Of course a bass guitarist couldn't tell how loud he was on stage because the waves didn't fully develop for about 15 feet or more. Next to a Marshall stack, nothing could muck up the FOH balance in small venue like a 360.
Now that I've done some web surfing I see that what's on this stage are three stacks of a NEW Acoustic 360 design. Unlike the original 361 powered speakers which only had an 18 inch woofer in a short folded horn enclosure, these add a - "Titanium Horn Driver w/2" Coil and horn" crossed over at 1,400 Hz so there WILL be some definition and output in the near field.
Whether Vinny's comment was "based" on the assumption that Flea was using vintage gear or an Eden amp loyalist taking a dig at their new "competition" I don't know.
